On Aug. 20, comedian and actor Pauly Shorewill perform one show only at City Stage in downtown Wilmington. The show is being presented by the nearby Nutt Streetcomedy club.

Shore came to fame in the early ’90s via MTV, hosting events and shows in a surfer dude persona known as The Weasel. An on-air VJ from 1989 to 1994, Shore’s success at MTV led to a string of movies like “Son in Law” and “Encino Man.”

But many may not know that Shore has a long history connected to stand-up comedy.

His father is comedian Sammy Shore and his mother founded The Comedy Store in West Hollywood, where he essentially grew up around a long list of comedians performed and came to fame.

Shore did a great interview with Marc Maron on his WTF podcast last fall. In it Shore talks about growing up around The Comedy Store, becoming a stand-up comic, his life and famous comics like Richard Pryor and Sam Kinison.

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